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Post by ayezatulbrite on May 7, 2012 20:42:42 GMT -5
I would not recommend anyone else do this as it takes ages and if you bugger it up that's the end of your computer! oh and a goodly dose of and may I just say: I am sorry for your lots. May I reassure you lot that it BLOODY WORKED!!!!
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spazmosis
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Post by spazmosis on May 8, 2012 1:59:24 GMT -5
Hell yeah, if you have a video card you really wanna use it. Even the shittest cards are miles better than any current onboard solution. What video card do you have?? What's the model of the motherboard. This info will help me loads in figuring out your problem and now that i've started i've gotta get a damn solution. Knowing the model of the motherboard and the card will give me mostly info about what you could possibly be doing wrong. While you're at it, what's the model of the power supply? You really shouldn't be rewiring the power supply at all. The power supply is the box shaped thing sitting either at the bottom or the top of the rear of the case (in the interior of course) It should have all the connection (plugs etc) necessary to power all your components. It really shouldn't need rewiring and i strongly advise against doing that if you aren't a sparky. The power supply is perhaps the most important component of a computer because if it shits itself it can take your components with it. That's why people who build computers will only buy power supplies from a few selected companies that are known for quality. If by rewiring you mean making all the cables coming from the power supply to your components nice and neat and ordered rather than a tangled mess, then that's a good thing. It's called cable management and helps with airflow which is what you want :-) Let's see, it's an ATI Radeon X800GT from about 2007. I'm sure they're a lot faster now. The MB is an ASUS P8H61-MLE USB3. The power supply is a Corsair HX520W. I wanna blame the MB. Now it doesn't want to recognise the DVD drive! I had to buy an IDE to USB convertor as the MB only has SATA inputs. Maybe that's upsetting the MB?? I think the MB is VERY TEMPERAMENTAL. I acccidentally knocked the monitor over about 6 m onths ago and I thinbk the cable might have been damaged a little.... again..... I DUNNO!!! Forgive me for asking a completely stupid question but does the video card fit snugly into the PCI-Express slot on the MB ? The X800 was a great card in it's day. I upgraded to the X800 Pro especially for the release of Doom 3. Lets just say that quite a few demons got blasted to guts and shit because of that awesome card. But i digress. The X800, all versions of it from Pro to GT to GTO came in two different types. One type used an AGP slot (the older type of graphics slot) and the other used the newly developed (at the time) PCI-Express. Now your MB has a PCI-Express 2.0 slot so if you've got an AGP flavoured card it simply won't fit right into that slot and there's nothing you can do about it. Another completely stupid question. When you install the card, you are unplugging the video out from the motherboard and plugging it into the card, at the back of the case, right? Sorry but these silly things need to be eliminated from being the cause. You're braver than me with that re-wiring you did. I'd never try that shit. If a power supply dies i replace the whole thing and leave all the wiring as is. Actually, these days you can get modular power supplies so you only need plug in and use the cables that are necessary, eliminating the multiple extra's that sprout from the box. My next build is gonna have one of those. The 550W Corsair is fine. No problems there. Power is only an issue for todays power hungry cards. Cards of the X800 vintage got all the power they needed from the MB slot itself. It's possible that the cable running from the video card to the screen is faulty. Is it DVI?? Is there any chance you could use that cable on another computer briefly to see if it's ok or not? Other than those few things there's not much else i can suggest other than what i said before about disabling the onboard video in the BIOS, powering off, installing the card, booting up and seeing what happens. If it doesn't work then you can always get the onboard video back by taking that CMOS battery out which will take your BIOS back to default. This is why all boards should automatically disable any onboard video when a card is put into the PCI-Express slot. Looks like you got one that doesn't and you have to manually change it in BIOS. Not sure about the thing where you said you got an IDE to USB converter for the disc drive. I've never heard of anyone doing that. Most people who buy a board such as your stick new drives in it, not IDE. Theoretically it shouldn't be a problem but i've heard of many weird little problems arising from doing stuff like that. Your board is built for modern components and often, compatibility issues can arise out of using ancient stuff with new stuff. Sorry i don;t have a concrete answer for ya.
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